It appears that the anti-government activists protesting the Bureau of Land Management’s actions against a Nevada cattle rancher were considering using women as a human shield if a gun battle had erupted during the standoff.
The Blaze, the conservative news site affiliated with Glenn Beck, flagged the comments made Monday by Richard Mack, identified as a former Arizona sheriff who had joined more than 1,000 other protesters alongside Cliven Bundy, who has been feuding with BLM over his use of federal land to graze his cattle.
“We were actually strategizing to put all the women up at the front,” Mack said in a Fox News clip pulled by The Blaze. “If they are going to start shooting, it’s going to be women that are going to be televised all across the world getting shot by these rogue federal officers.”
BLM ended its round-up of Bundy’s cattle Saturday, citing public safety concerns after the self-described militias gathered in the area to support Bundy.
What a brave, brave man this Mack is to make sure the women are the one’s who will risk being shot, purely for propoganda purposes. Want to make a bet that he would be safe and sound in the back, organizing things, because…um, freedom?
My husband dragged me out to the middle of nowhere with a bunch of sweaty gun freaks, put me in front, but couldn’t bait the feds into shooting first. Damn he’s a sexy rebel! I love him.
Hmmm, where have I seen this tactic used before? Oh, yeah – Al Qaeda. They deliberately put their operations in the middle of places with a lot of women and children. Then when the bombs fall, they condemn the US for killing women and children.
Put the Lil’ wimin up front…that’ll teach 'em not ta shoot at us brave guys (((slurps beer and loads his unregistered AK)))
That special ability to neuter or expell rapist seed harmlessly must also apply to bullets…